Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 237 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 65% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.85 on Monday, May 25th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 24, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.15 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 0% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 353,109 acre feet

This is 70.39% of the average of 501,633 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 173,880 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 876,624 AF yet total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 179,229 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 155.26% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 27.72% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -2.77 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.34 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.50 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, May 25, 2026
6036.85
0.00
838
697
73.8
58.4
Sun, May 24, 2026
6036.85
-0.05
1,027,891
497
694
83.8
53.6
Sat, May 23, 2026
6036.90
-0.06
1,028,403
434
693
79.0
51.0
Fri, May 22, 2026
6036.96
-0.07
1,029,019
382
695
76.6
51.2
Thu, May 21, 2026
6037.03
-0.02
1,029,738
514
565
76.1
47.6
Wed, May 20, 2026
6037.05
0.05
1,029,943
612
305
73.2
51.5
Tue, May 19, 2026
6037.00
0.05
1,029,430
667
358
73.0
44.6
Mon, May 18, 2026
6036.95
0.07
1,028,917
732
322
64.6
52.0
Sun, May 17, 2026
6036.88
0.09
1,028,198
809
297
76.8
56.8
Sat, May 16, 2026
6036.79
0.13
1,027,275
1017
299
82.9
56.4
Fri, May 15, 2026
6036.66
0.16
1,025,943
1277
369
81.5
51.8
Thu, May 14, 2026
6036.50
0.11
1,024,306
1004
392
79.5
54.5
Wed, May 13, 2026
6036.39
0.04
1,023,182
725
474
85.7
56.5
Tue, May 12, 2026
6036.35
0.01
1,022,773
620
524
86.2
52.3
Averages of List
6036.80
0.04
1,027,309
723.4
477.4
78.1
52.7

Averages for May 25th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6058.08
-21.23
1,335,990
3482.70
1777.55
79.75
48.12
All-Time
6046.65
-9.8
1,230,377
3550.03
1667.72
79.75
48.12

Last 10 May 25th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, May 25, 2025
6039.62
-2.77
1,056,622
1442
341
82.1
48.3
Sat, May 25, 2024
6048.39
-11.54
1,152,603
1951
353
74.8
58.1
Thu, May 25, 2023
6062.80
-25.95
1,328,500
5781
42
83.1
58.1
Wed, May 25, 2022
6029.42
7.43
953,906
974
297
79.0
42.0
Tue, May 25, 2021
6037.81
-0.96
1,089,328
2314
342
79.0
39.0
Mon, May 25, 2020
6060.87
-24.02
1,358,893
1618
532
76.0
41.0
Sat, May 25, 2019
6052.86
-16.01
1,259,544
2449
409
n/a
n/a
Fri, May 25, 2018
6050.24
-13.39
1,228,373
949
529
90.0
45.0
Thu, May 25, 2017
6075.42
-38.57
1,557,306
2861
4643
84.0
57.0
Wed, May 25, 2016
6074.44
-37.59
1,543,178
4285
4350
77.0
46.0
Averages of List
6053.28
-16.43
1,253,851
2437
974
80.7
48.4


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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